Offers some general principles for college faculty search committee members to follow. Analyzes the search process and discusses advertising and initial screening, preparing applications, setting up Modern Language Association (MLA) interviews, interviewing on campus, and negotiating an offer. (SG)

Few researchers have studied how lesbians choose health and mental health care providers. This article reports on community focus groups in which 33 lesbians reported that decision making was based on their past experiences and their hopes for high quality care. They encountered a continuum of provider reactions consisting of five categories:…

Outlines a method of teaching "To Kill a Mockingbird" along with the study of poetry. Notes that this method allows students to consider the themes of courage and developing compassion. Concludes that teaching such a multigenre unit allows students to look for connections among fact and fiction, the past and present, their own lives and…

Discusses how selecting and properly installing audiovisual equipment and systems is critical to ensure that schools most effectively meet their educational objectives. (EV)

Reports on a survey showing that more colleges are hiring presidents from outside academe, and that most presidents are still white men. (EV)

Increasing numbers of colleges accept job applications only online. Illustrates the job application process at Montgomery College, Maryland as the college changes to an online system for all job applications. (SLD)

Reviews 10 professional resource books related to children's literature, including book selection guides, scholarly investigations into what affects this field, and present ways to teach with children's literature. (MG)

A theoretical framework is developed in which the effects of some common forms of violation of assumptions of linearity of regression and homoscedasticity can be investigated. Simple expressions are derived for the restricted and corrected correlations in terms of the target (unrestricted) correlation in these situations. (SLD)

Describes characteristics of experimental predictor battery of tests developed to supplement the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery for making selection and classification decisions for entry-level enlisted personnel. Explains procedures used to develop new test battery. Basic psychometric properties of each measure, as determine by large…

Used data from 4,039 job incumbents from 9 military jobs to determine degree of validity generalization across major components of performance and degree of validity generalization across jobs within each major performance factor. Major findings were that different predictor equations were needed for each of 5 criterion factors. (Author/NB)

Proposes a new thesis about the role of individual differences in managers' media choice behavior. Argues that individual differences influence media choice only under conditions of low message equivocality. Reports that the findings of an exploratory study provide some support for this theoretical notion. (MG)

The article outlines the physiological and measurement bases for the development of physical fitness tests, raising questions concerning physiological, psychological, and evaluation issues. (Author/CB)

Guidelines are provided for cardiovascular fitness testing of moderately or higher functioning severely retarded individuals. (IAH)

Discusses how to select the best training program for your needs. Includes information on deciding whether to develop your own program or buy one; identifying the kind of program you need; examining what is available; networking; choosing a supplier; and evaluating programs. (JOW)

Examined recruitment data for the United States Missile Command from years 1978-1984 to ascertain whether or not the Veterans' Readjustment Program presented a barrier to recruitment of women. Found adverse effects on recruitment of women, noting recruitment efforts successful with one population may present barriers to another. (Author/ABL)